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The gossip rags are still busy fawning over Gabourey Sidibe, but one serious admirer says, "I'm putting down my pompoms." Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart was a huge fan of Precious and rooted for Sidibe to win an Oscar, but he's concluded that she's actually kind of a jerk. In the Post Capehart writes that he approached her at the White House Correspondents Dinner, only to have her blow him off with a rude “come back in five minutes!”—and she wasn’t joking.

Upon telling his colleagues the story, one matched it with her own "horrible" experience trying to compliment Sidibe on her work in Precious, and getting this response: "I guess I should say, 'Thank you.'" Later, another friend who wanted a picture with Sidibe reports to Capehart that he got turned down flat. “There's no law that says Sidibe has to show grace to her fans or appreciation for their kind words,” Capehart writes. “But a true star would.”

I found her to be a bit arrogant at the Oscars. Don't remember word-for-word what she said but it was shocking when compared to all the sweet, sympathetic, adulation thrown at her. I think a lot of people have been giving her a pass because they feel sorry for her. Well wake up suckers: she's taking you for a ride! And like it or not, not all reporters are a-holes. Reporters can help make or break an actor/actress. To dump them all into one category is simpleminded.

thezenhaitian

May 8, 2010 7:49 PM CDT

If any of those comments had come from someone without the drawbacks that cloud peoples' judgments, it would be just dandy. She doesn't have to suck up to the press, if she doesn't want to. If you're sensitive and thin-skinned, your in the wrong business. Saying "come back in 10 minutes" is not rude. And the "I should say, thank you," comment was probably in response to a back-handed comment Like: "Your very talented for a fat chick." She's a very smart woman and she knows when she is being played, get used to it.